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APPLICATION FILED JUNI: s. 1903.

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UNITED4 STATES PATENT OEEICE.`

HARRY P.v SHOTTS,

c DAVIDSON COMPANY, OF EAST ORANGE,

RATION OF NEW JERSEY.

PAPER TRAY on REOEPTAOL'E.

To a/ZZ whom t may concern: Be it known that I, HARRY I. SHOTTS, of

`Ohicago, in the county of Oookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Trays or Recepk tacles; and I do'hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accoml panying drawings, and tothe letters of refer- IO this specification.

ence marked thereon, which form a part of This invention relates to im rovements in traysy and other` like receptac es or articles madeof paper or other flexible sheet mate-l rial and provided with a flatv end wall and a continuous wall or rim surrounding said end wall .and to an improved blank for making such article. v v

The device lherein illustrated is es ecially applicable for use as a tray for packing in pails candies and like merchandise, and when used in thisV manner the trays are lled and placed-in a candy-pailone vover the other,

i' said Vtrays thus serving as horizontal sepapurposes, as. will hereinafter A device having1 rators or partitions by which the layers of candy in the pail are separately supported.

the same featuresof conowever, -be used for other more fully apstruction may,

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shown in the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank made in accordance with my invention for making the tray hereinafter Ato be described. Fig. 2 illustrates the manner of cutting two vlike blanks from a strip of4 sheet material. Fig. Sis a perspective view of a iinished tray' made in accordance with i my invention. Fig.- 4 is a plan section taken Online 4 4 of Fig. 5. Fig. 5 1s a cross-section taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. Gis abottom perspective view thereof. f

-As shown in Said drawings, A, 1i, indicates a blank in flat form from which my im# proved tray is maden .Said blank consists of an elon ated marginal strip A', vextending d to end of theblank and provided on one side thereof with a pluralityof integral outwardly-tapered f contiguous. projections A2. Each of said projections Az'has converging'side margins which converge toward the outer end of the projection and constitute two sides of atriangle. ,The other sides or 4bases of the Y*triangles are defined by score- Specication of Letters Patent.

' Applicationled .Tune 6, 1903. Serial No.' 160,301.

along the bases of said trlangles.

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lines a, which `extend lengthwise of the blank Said scorelines are, in the preferred form of the blank, curved to correspond with the curvature of the annular wall or rim of the tray which is to be formed from the blank. VOne end of the f marginal part A .of the blank is provided. with a'longitudinal looking-slit a', and the other end of said marginal part of the blank Y is provided with a short transverse lockingtongue a2, which when the ends of said-marginal part of the blank are brought together enters said locking-slit and locks said blank slit are so located with respect to the end projections A2 ofthe blank that when the blank is bent to .circular form in the manner stated the end rojections, which are at this time broug t together, occupy the same relation to each other as do adjacent projections b'etween the ends of the blanks. Said projections A2 are adapted to be bent inwardly along'the score-line a at right angles to the -marginal art A of the'blank, so that they 4will toget er constitute the end or bottom wall of the tray or like device which is formed from said blank. When said projections are thus bent or folded inwardly and the marginal art of the blank is bent to form a oir. cle, t e points of the projections A2 are brought together at the center of the tray thus formed, and said projections A2 constitute radial conver ing sectional parts of the bottom or end Wall of the tray or the like. The marginal part A constitues when the tray is thus formed the vertical circular wall or rim of said tray. The sectional partsof the end orV bottom wall of the tray are fastened together to constitute a rigid unitary wall bymeans of a disk B of sheet material, which is pasted or otherwise securedto either the inner or outerl side'of the end or bottom wall Of the tray, saidv disk being herein shown as secured to the outer side ofsaid wall. The diskB is herein'shown as made much smaller in diameter thanthe tray, but maybe made as large in diameter as necessary to rovide the required strength in the end or ottom wall of the tray. 'j

a As shown in the drawings,I the rim A of the tray ismade` to assume a circular form and this form of the rim being'possible because-of the curvedform of the score-lines c 1n a circular form. The locking tongue and IOO at the bases of the triangular projections, which score-lines are curved concentrically with the apices of the said projections.

The tray is provided with a plurality of 5 radial vertical partition-strips C C C2, preferably three in number. Said partitionstrips are made integral or lin one piece with the blank A, as shown in Fig. 1, the same being originally parallel with the -mainimarginal strip A ofthe blank and separated therefrom in the case of the strip C by a slit c and in the case of the strips` C/ and C2, which are continuous with each other, by. a slit'c. The said partition-strips are permanently joined to the main strips Al by means of con- `necting parts c? c3 c4, which are continuous with the strips C, C and C2, which form lateral extensions ofthe said main strip Al and y which are adapted to be folded inwardly against saidfmain lstrip A. Score-lines c5, c6, and Clare preferably formed along the line vdividing the connecting parts c2, c3, and c4 with the main strip to facilitate the folding of the connecting-strips in the manner stated. Said score-lines c5, c, and c7, together with the slots c and c', serve to o utline the principal part of the outer edge of the strip A.

In folding the blank when provided with parts for forming radial partition-strips, as described, the connecting-pieces c2, c3, and c4 are folded inwardly against the `strip A when the blank is still flat. The blank is then bent into circular form andthe ends of the blank joined, the connecting parts c2, c3,

vand ci'then lying inside of the wall or rim of y rthe tray, asseen in Figs. 3 and 4. The partition-strips C, C,Nand CZ are then bent inwardly to form the radial partitions, the connectedstrips C .and C2 being bent at their meeting ends at an `angle to each other, as -seen in Fig.` 4. The meeting ends of said Vlstrips are then fastened together. A simple means for connecting said ends is shown, con- Y sisting of a notch @formed at the joining point of thel connectedstrips C and C2 and a -notch e9 in the strip Cnear `its end, said notches extending `laterally into the strips f from opposite sides thereof, southat they may be readily interlocked with each other, as seen in Fi'g. 3.

In Fig. 2 I have shown a method ofcutting from Aan oblong rectangular blank of sheet -m`aterial two of the blanks shown in Fig. l. `By reference to said figure, which shows in `dotted lines the outline of-two like blanks, it will be observed that two blanks may becut from an oblong rectangular blank of a length butl slightly greater than the length of one of the lblanks and with the resultof wasting but little of the material, the wasted material beu ing located at the 'ends of the blank and being indicated by a4 in Fig. 2. In cutting the `blank from xan oblongi rectangular sheet, as herein-shown, a cutting-die Vmay `be provided having cutting edges corresponding in shape to the zigzag line a5, which divides one blank from the other and forms the triangular projections of the finished blank, and providing said die also with cutting edges corresponding with the dotted lines a, by which is formed the tongues of the blank. Said cut- -ting-die may also be provided with cutting edges corresponding in shape and location with the end margins of the blank and the slits a', c, and c thereof. In this manner it will be seen that two blanks may be cut from a single sheet of paper at one operation of a suitable cutting-tool, and thus the making of such blanks greatly facilitated and with the loss of but little of the material from which they are made.

` Manifestly the tapered projections described need not be ointed, because when the diskB is used to liold them together the ends of the projections may be cut o or shortened, the disk covering the space left at the middle of the tray by so doing. This 4construction is not usually desirable, however, because in cutting two blanks from a single sheet, as shown in Fig. 2, there will be no saving of material eected by shortening the projections. In cutting each blank from a single narrow sheet, however, a saving of material would be effected by so shortening the projections.

Iclaim as my invention- 1. A tray comprising a rim made from a single strip which is joined at its ends and is provided on its lower edge with lateral, tapered projections which form the bottom of the tray, and a plurality of radial partitions each consisting of a strip, the base of which is joined laterally to the upper edge of the rim and is folded inwardly on said rim.

2.V A blank for making trays or thelike consisting of a single main strip having lateral projections adapted to forni the bottoni of :the tray and three partition-strips parallel with the main strip and joined to t ie same by connecting parts which proj ect laterally from the main strip, two of said partition-strips being connected at their ends or made continuous with each other.

3. A blank for making trays or the like consisting of a single main strip having lateral projections ada ted to form the bottom of the tray and tiree partition-strips parallel l with the main strip and joined to the same by connecting parts lwhich project laterally fromthe main strip, two of said partitionstrips being connected at their ends or made continuous with each other, the two connected strips being provided with a locking-notch at their meeting ends and the third strip having a locking-notch near its extremity.

4. A tray consisting of a rim made from a continuous strip, a bottom consisting of lateral, tapered projections on the main strip, and radial partition-strips join ed to the main strip by connecting parts which are made in- IOO tegral Withthe main strip and are folded in- Wardly against the same.

5. A tray consisting of a rim, a bottom 'Wall, and radial partition-strips joined at their outer ends to the rim by connecting arts which are integral With the rim and are olded inwardly against said rim, said partition-strips being joined at their inner ends to each other.

6. A tray consisting of a rim, a bottom Wall, and a plurality of radial artitionstrips joined at their outer ends to t e rim by connecting parts Which are integral with the rim and are folded inwardly against the same, said stri s being provided with lateral notches Wherely they may be interlocked at their inner ends.

7. A tray consisting of a rim, a bottom Wall, and three radial partition-strips, tWo of Which are made continuous With each other,

. and Which are joined at their outer ends to the said rim by connecting arts Which are integral with said rim and olded inwardly against the same; the tWo connected strips being bent at an angle to each other at their ,meeting ends, and the free end ofthe third strip being attached to the meeting ends of the said connected strips. p

8. A tray consisting of a rim, a bottom Wall, and three radial partition-strips, tWo of Which are made continuous With each other and Which are joined at their outer ends to said rim by connectingarts which are integral -With said rim and fo ded inwardly against the same; the two connected, strips being bent at an angle to each other and provided with a notch at their meeting ends and the third strip having a notch adapted to interlock with the notch at the meeting ends of the connected strips.

, In testimony that I claim the foregoing as myinvention I ax mysignature7 in presence of tWo Witnesses, this 22d day of May,l A. D.

1903. HARRY P. SHOTTS.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM L. HALL, GERTRUDE BRYOE. 

